M. Emilia Roulet

The paper investigates how parasitic plants overcome expression barriers in mitochondrial HGT by using chimeric genes with native promoters and efficient RNA editing.

The paper characterizes the plastome of Mitrastemonaceae, revealing extreme AT bias, genome reduction, and functional persistence despite accelerated substitution rates.

This study reveals that Mitrastemon yamamotoi has acquired over 60% of its mitochondrial DNA from its host through horizontal gene transfer, supporting the circle-mediated HGT model.